Boogie Woogie India

As the auditions are going on currently for Mummy’s Championships and very soon we will witness mummy’s dancing and competing to win the final crown. Who would be our favorite mummy this year? Last year Mummy’s Championship was super duper hit and so this year too it is anticipated at nothing less then a blockbuster hit.

Mummy’s are mummy’s, they are God send angels, there is no doubt about it but then only one mummy can be the winner so will it be your favorite mummy or my favorite mummy or ours? Or should it be technically perfect “judge’s” mummy? Kiski Mummy jeetegi Championship?

Well, the answer to the above question only time will say but it is wonderful to see that Boogie Woogie is considering an option of public voting. Though they haven’t decided yet but would love to know what you feel about it. Your opinion matters to them. So please make your choice clear. To read Firdaus message, please click the link below:

http://www.boogiewoogieindia.com/2009/04/april-11th-review-of-boogie-woogie-himmat-ki-kheemat/#comment-1554

Firdaus was kind enough to visit us and has requested your opinion regarding public voting. Based on your votes she may decide if Boogie Woogie needs to give voting power to public for the upcoming Mummy’s Championship or should continue to maintain judge’s verdict. What do you have to say? Please take a poll below. Do read all options clearly before making your choice:

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Happy Voting Folks!!

Saturday night continued with the "Dhandhal Round" with some dhamaal by the judges.

The first group to perform was Sachin Dance Academy. The group danced to a Telugu number and it was well performed. In the pre talk one of the dancer spoke about the theme that she will be chased by a street rowdy and her hero will come to her rescue to save her but then for a good part of dance, you do not see her at all as she comes in only in the end so I think the pre talk definitely confuses the theme. But the dance, energies were appreciated by the judges and I felt it was a performance that was well done. The after performance talk was entertaining.

The second group to perform on Saturday night was Body Rock Dance Group from Barodara. They performed on Boogie Woogie’s judges favorite topic. I don’t think I need to mention that as all can very well guess. You will find this topic being discussed almost on every episode. Anyway the performance may sound entertaining to many and it may sound "ewww" to few. I personally am not found of it so I will keep my thoughts to myself and will let you enjoy the performance as the dancers are talented and it was well put performance. The after performance talk was interesting and entertaining.

The next group to performer was Sharp Shooters and they danced on medleys and threw in energetic performance but it was total confusing to me. The sharp cuts of music and inclusion of special effects, I found it little abrupt and less entertaining but the group got great compliments by the judges on the music mixing and energy that they displayed. The after performance was entertaining.

The last group to perform on Saturday night was Om Nateshwar Kalamanch. At this time I seriously started to pray that this is not another performance on hawa ka jhokas and my prayers were answered. This group came with a very cute performance. I thoroughly enjoyed the music, their expressions, steps and everything that they did. It was funny and entertaining. Now this is what I am talking about - a comedy is not considered comedy only if it talks about bathroom issues. It can very well deal with other topics and still bring its finest flavor in form of humor. And this group just proved that. I think for Saturday night, the dance performed by Om Nateshwar Kalamanch was the best one but I still would place the group from Rajasthan at number one. The after performance talk was very entertaining. This group got great compliments by the judges and Javed said if they would have got little more variations in their performance, it would have been lot better but on the whole a very well enjoyed performance.

Okay so now it was time for the results. After the flash back and Jaaved reviewing the videos one more time before he gives out the results, he announced that "group dance competitions" are their favorite. At this time Suresh spoke high about Boogie Woogie show and congratulated the judges. Now the results - there were two groups who were declared as joint winners and they are: Body Rock Dance Academy and Sharp Shooters.  Congratulations Groups!!

Adios Amigos, see you tomorrow!

This week in Boogie Woogie’s Himmat ki Kheemat, they had comedy round and the guest who joined the judges was Suresh Menon. After a joke from Suresh Menon, the show started and the first group to perform was from Pune “Challenger Dance Group”.

Challenger Dance Group danced on a south Indian song and had all male dancers with one dancer dressed up as female and was the lead dancer. It was a entertaining performance but I felt the main dancer who was dressed up as female put in very few female steps and more of male steps and probably if that wasn’t the case, it would have sounded and looked better. Most of the comedy in India especially when males are dressed in female attire, give out a little cheaper feel to it. I think it would be great to see some male dancers really dance and act like a sober female and I surely think it would add some charm to the performance. For comedy sake, comedy doesn’t have to be loud. It can be sober and still carry its humor. Just my thought but a performance well done! The after performance talk was hilarious, funny and also touching. The people from real India has their own touch and so did this group. Have you noticed one thing, when people talk from their heart, it straight reaches our heart and so you will like the after performance communication and will pray for the best for the entire group to do well in their life.

The second group to perform was Walk and Roll Group and the pre performance talk makes you feel proud of the guy who is running this group. It was told that the “Walk and Roll group” was initially started by his dance teacher who unfortunately after hurting himself couldn’t continue with dancing and his student promised to take this group further and continued with the dance classes. This I think is massive and I am very proud of the teacher and student. Thats whats up Man!! But lets come back to the performance. I felt both good and bad about this performance. Let’s start from bad first. According to me I think the groups and individuals performing a comedy act MUST stay away from religious topics or dressing up the character in a religious attire - Period! You see India is a vast country of many beliefs and faiths and there are many people who would take comedy in comedy sense but then there are people who would be offended too. Its always better to take precaution and keep in mind if any group would be offended or not. Why choose a character that might create unnecessary arguments? I think its always better to choose an act that stays neutral and far from religious topics. By doing so we will avoid unnecessary arguments and also will not put judges in an awkward position since their every action is observed closely. Any compliment or comment they make might land them either in good books or in big mess by fanatic groups. Plus the performance to me, it sounded pretty confusing. I really could not make out the different twists and turns off it. But the good thing is that, all the dancers were fabulous dancers and threw in some good steps. Dance was superb but the theme was not.  After performance talk was hilarious and I think Suresh Menon was mind blowing. Don’t miss out his dance. He was absolutely adorable.

The next group to perform was Blood Stone Group from Mumbai. This group danced on kya lagti hai and bachna aye hasino and also its magic song medley. A very entertaining performance. The theme was on wooing. The end part of the performance was hilarious. The after performance talk was funny too. Suresh Menon talks to the participants in Kanada. One of the participant desired to shake hands with the judges but was told, since they meet them personally on stage so instead of shaking hands, asked the entire group to give a flying kiss to the judges. But I do hope she could meet them personally for a hand shake after the show at least. My two cents? The girl participant said her dream was just fulfilled as she got a chance to perform on Boogie Woogie stage so why not fulfill her dream to the fullest instead of leaving at 95%?  Let’s hope Boogie Woogie will not refuse such sweet gestures next time!

The next group to perform was Masti Makers Dance Group who came in from Pali Madwad, Rajasthan. Now this is one performance you must NOT miss!! This was the best performance of Friday night and I was just amazed by their body colors and the theme they came up with. It was absolutely fantastic. This group from Rajasthan danced to a Telugu song called “aa ante anthapuram”. They painted face on their body and covered their heads with a cap, their stomach was projected as the head and it was one neat performance that I have seen in long time.  They looked perfect puppets and it was the highlight of the show. Must Watch!! The after performance talk is again something that you must not miss especially the hasiya kavita - it was fabulous. The group is very talented and came with something new and different in a brilliant way. You can easily call this performance “paisa wasool”! God bless them!

The last group to perform on Friday night was Bappa Exel Group from Mumbai, the same group who had performed during Diwali times. They danced to song “ayiyaiya suku suku” but had changed entire wordings sayin “susu susu”. The theme was based on school kids and their little accidents dealing with nature calls. It was well enjoyed performance. After performance talk was entertaining as well.

Last but definitely not least, Javed and Suresh communicated or rather pretended talking in Kanada and the show ended here with Suresh counting 1, 2, 3 in Kanada. Good Night Folks!

Do you believe in Intuition?

They say intuition has many related meanings usually connected to the meaning of ability to sense or know immediately without reasoning. Has it happened to you? Normally a lot of people has good amount of intuition and 99 times out of hundred they feel their intuition always turns out right.

I too felt strong intuitions at a number of occasions and mostly they all turned out right. But today when I woke up, my intuition has something else to say. Even though we have been unsuccessful in finding out who the judges are for the finals for Boogie Woogie America, my intuition says the Boogie Woogie judges are on their way to Chicago! I don’t know how right I am but this is what I feel. Now don’t curse me out if my intuition turns out to be false. I have no control of it, I just thought of sharing with you how strongly I feel this morning. But if it turns out to be true, then I do think the 11 participants in both junior and senior levels will be too happy to perform in front of cool judges and the audience in Chicago would be thrilled to listen to them and to see them judge.

Even though I won’t be in Chicago to witness this awesome show, I will be very happy for the people of Chicago and I truly wish all the participants the very best to perform. Give you best shot girls and boys and don’t be scared. Remember to speak clear and with NO bad attitude. Chak De Phatte!!

Either way, have tons of Fun Chicago!! Encourage all the participants and give them plenty of applause before and after their performance. And if the judges happen to be there and you get to meet them, do give them a hug on my behalf.

Cheers,

Admin

Past weekend was a blast at Boogie Woogie’s Hip Hop special during Himmat ki Kheemat. A lot of songs, I personally enjoyed listening a lot and thought would be great to bring them to you. Hope you enjoy them as well!

To download, click on the song name below.

1. Tauba Mein Pyar Karke
2. Nachle Soniye Tu
3. Mundian_MC Punjabi
4. Kangna Tera Ni Sanu Kare Ishaare
5. Gup Chup
6. Aye Hip Hopper Mujhe Pyar to Kar
7. Yeh Dooriyan_Shakira Ve
8. Race Saanson Ki

Have Fun

They say the future is in hands of today’s children and if the children are like Priyanka, this world surely will continue to stay a beautiful place. Change is never brought only by doing big. It always starts small. Every single piece of kindness builds a better tomorrow. Girls like Priyanka makes one wish to have girls like them in every family. And so we are very happy to bring you news that was published in Hindustan Times so that it can fill your day with smiles and hope. Please read below:

Eight-year-old Priyanka Kargupta was travelling from New York to her Maryland home in the US with her father on November 26, 2008, when she heard about the terror attacks on radio.

“She kept saying that she wanted to do something for victims. She suggested raising funds for children, who are maimed or orphaned, as she knew about children in the US raising funds for girl scouts. So, we suggested setting up a website,” said her father, Hillon, an associate professor at the University of Maryland.

Last December, the Karguptas launched the website www.kidsformumbai.org,  asking people to donate $1 for Mumbai children.“We had hoped to collect $500 by March and thanks to worldwide support we achieved our goal,” he said.

The family signed a deal with NGO Childline India Foundation on March 25.

“Priyanka, who has been in touch with the NGO for three months, will be sending the first instalment of Rs 25,000. We would identify children who are in need of education, healthcare, lodging and like,” said Nishit Kumar, head of communication and strategic initiatives, Childline India.

Dil Se our Salute to Priyanka – We are very proud of you!!

Recently we heard how much it means when dancers go off beat or dance within beats. We also saw even with the best of steps it can easily ruin a dance performance if the dancers are not dancing on its beats. I think a very important lesson was learnt in last Boogie Woogie’s episode.

Since the last episode was on Hip Hop special, let us discuss the beats that are related to that genre of music. Within Hip Hop beats, rap beats, there are several genres of beats that are multiple categories. For example, there are commercial and underground beats, but then it gets even more in depth. There are categories such as east-coast beats, west coast beats, dirty south beats, Midwest beats, club beats, chopped and screwed beats and many other styles. The importance of beats in Hip Hop dance is very important and adds as a major ingredient to the performance.

The beat of a song determines how fast or how slow you should move your body while dancing. If your selected song has faster beats then you must move quickly.

To find the beat in a song you can:

• Listen closely to the strong, heavy beats.
• Clap your hands along with the beats to get a feel for the music.
• Try tapping your right foot to the strong beats and your left foot to the weaker beats.

When you think you can feel the beat, relax your arms and try moving them around in time to the music.

• Swing your arms naturally with your feet, bending slightly at the elbows.
• Raise your arms up above your head, then down by your sides.

This practice should help you dance on beats.

Have a wonderful day practicing!

On Saturday night the fun, energies, and style continued in Hip Hop special. Watch Ravi and Naved, they both looked adorable in that Hip Hop style.

The first pair to perform was Gaurav and Sachin and they both danced on "betaabi chayi hai mushkil judai hai haa tere pyar mein". This song might have another title and I will correct it later for now I am going to leave it as it is. But it was good energetic performance. Wait was there a Jaaved Jaafferi look alike?? He was hilariousssssssssssssssssss yes with that many "S’s". You know I had a horrible commute during my vacation and was in a bad mood and this look alike really got me out of it. Thanks Boogie Woogie!! But back to the performance and after performance talk, both were fabulous.

The next one to perform was Sanjay Sahoo and Rakesh Deo and both came from Bhubaneshwar. Both Sanjay and Rakesh talked very sweetly during their pre performance. They both danced on "shakira ve shakira ve" and "sajda" songs. Watch it, it was one enjoyable performance. You know one thing I don’t understand and would like to ask the judges, how does one dance on a total non hip hop music? My understanding is that the style and attitude one can get if the hip hop music is being played. Like for example, these two danced on "pyar ka sajda" and this was more of disco so how would one get the hip hop attitude here? But back to the performance, watch it, you will enjoy and also your heart would go out for Rakesh for his allergies. Our prayers are with him and hope he will overcome the allergies and will be hale and hearty always. Again Jaaved look alike was tooooooooo good!!!

The next pair to perform was Rakesh Badiak and Madan Mohan Punty and both came from Rourkela. Both danced on song "nachle soniye tu" with hip hop remix and this performance was a good hip hop dance. It was energetic and hip. They too came with some fabulous stunts and will surely be enjoyed by everyone. Some of the steps we saw on Friday night but their last step was brilliant one. Both got great compliments from Javed. Listen to Rakesh and Madan talk on how they learned to dance. It was impressive. Ravi and Naved too praised them both. Rakesh also displays some powerful singing. Very impressive!!

Jaaved look alike was too good - he is too talented and must bring his talent more often. Where was he all this time?

Okay now was the time for flash back and result announcements. Although I had a good idea who would be winning so wanted to check my intuition if it was right. Well after watching Boogie Woogie I learnt one thing, if Jaaved gives standing applause and great praises then that team has good chances of winning and so I guessed the winners among the two best praised teams ..  and the winners  were a tie - "Raj Roy and Vikram" and Rakesh Badiak and Madan Mohan" Very well deserved!! Congratulations!!!

With this Saturday night episode ended but did anyone note one funny thing.. Javed said its been 14 years that Boogie Woogie has been running for where as last week they said 13 and half so how come its 14 years in one week? And I don’t think its 13 and half years either… lol .. It should be 13 years at the most! But great job Boogie Woogie - God Bless You!!

They say wine gets better with its age and so does Boogie Woogie. Its almost 13 years that it started or is it 13 and half years?? I don’t think it’s 13 and half years otherwise I would have known the show while I was still in India anyway I was very happy to see the crew members of Boogie Woogie at the beginning of the episode. Great job guys - Keep it up!!

This week Boogie Woogie came up with Hip Hop Special and with the name itself you sure know that it’s going to be one rocking super duper episode. The start of the show was pretty cool. Ravi was joined by Naved a few seconds later on the stage in Hip Hop style and I must say this - "Naved you were looking dashingly hot today" If it’s not for the damn channel’s policy, I would put the videos all over this website right now.. lol

Listen to Javed sing a Hip Hop number and the best thing comes next - Boogie Woogie in Limca Book of Records!! That’s what’s up now!! Well Boogie Woogie was entered into the Limca Book of Records as the first dance Show of India. That is awesome to know but I seriously think Boogie Woogie should be entered in many other categories too. It is one awesome mind blowing show that not only inspires people to polish their talent but also help them be a better human being. I know I am thoroughly inspired by them and so are many millions like me. We need to get the other inspired stories back into publishing soon. Well soon after I return from my vacation.

Okay this week in Hip Hop Special it was competition in pairs. They had some really cool prizes including all the coolest gadgets that one can think of. All the pairs were awesome. It definitely is a episode you don’t want to miss. I am going to add details of all participants tomorrow as I need to rush now so please pardon me for that. But do remember to watch the episode.

Update:

The first Hip Hop pair to perform on Friday night was Prashant Mane and Ganesh Dekale. They both came from Pune and danced on a Raghav number. Both did a good job. Watch out for the semi flips they do with one hand. It was well enjoyed performance from audience point of view - watch it! The after performance talk was interesting. Ganesh also rapped in Baramati language.

The second pair to perform tonight was Gyanendra Das and Kartik Paswan from Rourkela. Both had taken an oath not to stop moving till they finish performing and so it was interesting to see them move. They started their performance on their heads and did some really cool stunts. They danced on song "Kangna tera ni" a Punjabi number. The flip over their head that was fast and was dangerous but was performed pretty well. Boogie Woogie ran a warning for its viewers saying "These stunts are performed by professionals. Please do not try it yourself." Very Well Said Boogie Woogie! And I think this point should be noted by all dance aspirants. Anyway Gyanendra and Kartik gave a very well enjoyed performance and is a must watch!! Javed did correct them on their beats and said the performance would have been more enjoyed if they had stayed with the beats and concentrated more on the beats. Again after performance talk was interesting

The third pair to perform was Harshal Pillay and Avinash Warankar and they too came from Pune. And Avinash does look like Bruce Lee but a better version of Bruce Lee. They both danced on song "Aye hip hopper mujhe pyar toh kar". Both did good job and it was well enjoyed performance. Again Javed corrected them on beat and also explained about the meaning of Hip Hop.

The next pair to perform was Vickey Bhade and Yuvraj Panchal both from Baroda. They both danced on "nakhra nakhra kudi tera nakhra". I felt it was very energetic performance and some of the steps they did were really cool. But again they were corrected on the beats so probably if they had concentrated on the beats and made more finer finishing touches, it could have turned out to be just fabulous. The after performance talk was very interesting.

The last performance of the night was the best performance and also very touching. I was almost thinking will their be a pair on Friday night that will come without corrections and perform flawlessly and bang - the last pair made it up for all the missing points for the rest of the groups and also got standing applause from Javed, Naved and Ravi. Now standing applause from Javed is something so it is must must watch. The two performance who won the judges heart were . They performed some superb stunts and you will surely end up watching without blinking your eyes. The song they danced on was "Tauba mein pyar karke pachtaya". Must watch!! The after performance talk was very touching especially Raj’s and moves you and so it did the judges too. The other thing which is worth noting is this performer Raj is also a unsung hero - he saved a kids life. Very well done Raj - keep it up!! We are very proud of you!

Have a wonderful night and stay healthy and happy!!

Group dance as the name signifies refers to a dance that is performed by a group of people. It is group or groups of people dancing together simultaneously.

Group dances normally are coordinated in such a way that the individuals in the group are dancing the same steps at the same time. They also can have different steps in parts of the group but all is choreographed in such a way that it sounds coordinated.

A group dance must give a group feeling and a performance should not end up looking like an individual performance. Hence all dancers aim should be to portrait the performance as one even though it consists of many individuals. The group effort and synchronization plays great role in shaping up the performance. It is easy to perform on individual performances but very tough to project a well coordinated group performance and hence it requires lot more hard work and concentration.

Boogie Woogie always came up with great group performances and so their group championships have been much demanded and are everyone’s favorite. One name that instantly keeps popping in everyone’s mind and is favorite in the group category is the group from Naalasupara, Maharashtra. They take the lead in popularity and many young aspirants follow this group to learn and to get motivate from. We will try to cover them in our next segment if possible.

But today I would like to talk about one group performance that caught my eye recently and I would love to share its YouTube link with you. What a superb coordination this group has? Its simply mind blowing! Watch it friends, it’s beautifully done. I am sure many dancers can learn some useful tip from them.

Have a wonderful Friday!! TGIF?? Well for me “Yes”